September i, 1881.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
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tSION. 
Joefee Company (Limited.) 
was for a supposed iuf ringo- 
3nt for Date Coffee, counsel 
ehalf of the plaintiffs that, 
themselves that there had been 
accordingly an arrangement h; 
that the plaimiffs should sell 
defendants for a sum winch wi 
they had paid for it, in the b 
solo one which could bo uphel 
ceedings in the action should I 
paying their own costs. 
Mr. Northmore Lawrence appi 
Mr. Pollard and Mr. Buckley 
1 been entered into 
their Patent to the 
dd cover the amount 
ief that it was the 
1 stayed,, each party 
ired for the plaintiffs; 
n the defendants. 
Specimen of Advertising. 
The Date Coffee may be obtained through any 
Grocer or Chemist. Ask for Late Coffee, and see 
that you get it. The Date Coffee, mixed ready for 
use, in Lib. tins, Is. aud Is. Gd. per lb. 
Pure Date Coffee, Is. per lb., in Mb. tins.— This 
will bo improved by adding one teaspoouful of coffee 
to three of pure Date Coffee, four teaspoonfuls of the 
mixture beiug sufficient to mako a pint of coffee. 
The Date Coffee Company (Limited).— John M 'Tag- 
gart did Co., Wholesale Agents, 2, Denman-street, 
Borough, London, S. E., to whom all communita 
Hons with reference to selling codec should be addressed. 
The Date Coffee Company (Limited).— Medical and 
Press Opinions can bo obtained of the Secretary, 125 
to 131, P aim erston- buildings, Old Broad-street, Lou- 
don, E. 0. 
The Date Coffoo — Ono pound of Date Coffeo will 
make as much coffee as two pounds of ordinary 
coffee. CouMequonily, Dato Coffee at Is. por lb. is 
onlv equal to ttd. per lb. 
Our correspondent adds: — 
" Wo aro having a tromondously hot summer. Tho 
hwt, I tliiuk, i- greater than I ovor romembcr to 
have experienced it in England. Now-a-days it is not 
considered infra >li'j. or effeminate for a man to use 
an umbrella as a protection from the son. The example 
is no doubt sot by Anglo-Indians, who have long con- 
quered any Mmoatni-dinoss on the subject, aud others 
are often only too glad to follow suit." 
the Trop 
the trial 
Coorg as 
at out 
The ( 
Cevloi 
'FEE " AND PLANTING PRO- 
JECTS IN COORG. 
1st August.— In the June number of 
'i-icuUuri.t at page 15, you recommend 
seed coffee and mention that of 
is " Chick Coffee," which, if not a " goak " 
expense, I shall be glad if you will correct, 
org tree is very different from the Chick, which 
npoitcd ono from Mysore and very like what 
planters call the " male tree." To it we owe 
f the loss by borer and I may safely say leaf 
er diseases inherent to coffee. It only gives 
once in three years and then ripens at all 
: times, so that much is lost on the ground 
ge numbers of 
1 estate, which 
these trees to be found on every 
were invariably planted from seedling plants from unde 
the trees instead of from plants raised from carefully 
picked seed of the Coorg tree, which came from 
West Coorg and is known amongst old planters to 
this day as the Nalkenaad tree. II' you recommend 
this to your readers, they will benefit by the change. 
The monsoon is still very light here. I have only 
had 8*13 inches of rain for July against JO'84, the 
average for past five years, and2l - 14 against 34 002 for 
the seven months. 
Plants are drqoping in old coffee and clearings, 
and enquiries are being made on every side for plants. 
Labor supply, which three years ago was short, has 
yearly been increasing and now the cry is " What am 
I to do with my coolies?" This (where funds are avail- 
able) is easily settled as South Coorg is intersected 
with swamps which arc mines of mauurial wealth in 
themselves (wheu properly treated) and lime and 
bones are readily procurable at reasonable rates to 
mix with this ; and I doubt not that your Ceylon 
men can testify to the benefits derivable from bulky 
manures when the bulk is on the spot, and merely 
wants to be carried a few yards to the trees. 
The great want in this district is field surveys and 
a regular system of recorded manuring. At present, 
I could point to dozens of estates where the same 
fields are manured year after year, with resultant 
loss to the proprietors. Nearly all of them spend large 
sums for manures, yet v 
spend the sum of one ru) 
of their estates, which, on: 
to more than R150 each, 
save more than the cost of the map, by enabling- 
V. A."s to check the various works in progress ana 
save many a Chick Dhorie from a " linker" as well. 
Thus we swallow whales and strain at gnats in the 
Bamboo." 
Effects of Manures upon Foliage. — A very in- 
teresting example of the diverse results obtained in 
density of colour in the foliage of the Potato plant 
through the use of diverse manures may now be seen 
at the Bedfout seed ground, where Mr. Deau is carry- 
ing out some simple trials. Phospbatic manures, 
designed specially to assist in the promotion of 
tubers, not only do so, but also excito or stimulate 
earlier and more roluist growth, whilst the normal tint 
of the foliage remains. Nitrogenous manures prepared 
for cereal aud bulbous root crops, on the other band, 
produce stems of a stouter kind, and foliage so dark 
in huo that but for assured certainty on the part 
of the planter it would scarcely be credited that the 
rows of Potatos wore of oue aud the same kind. Even 
moro interest will perhaps attach to the appearance of 
those rows, the ground being poor, to which no 
manure was applied. Compared with these, the man- 
ured rows, oven now, indicate that more than double 
the produce will result. — Gardaicrj' Chronich: 
